“The coach of the “blue and yellow” shared his thoughts after the game with the French.”, — write: football.ua
The coach of the “blue and yellow” shared his thoughts after the game with the French.
Sergey Rebrov, Getty Images November 14, 2025, 12:43 AM
“I think two key moments. The first is the penalty against France. As far as I could see, the opponent went with an open foot and, as far as I’m concerned, it’s a penalty. But the referee decided so. Then the penalty against us. Those two moments became key.
But I don’t think that France… Yes, in the second half they created a lot of moments when the fatigue affected our players. In the first half, we played very disciplined and did not allow to create almost anything. Unfortunately, we lost 0-4, but we have the time and the opportunity to rectify that on Sunday.
I am satisfied with Mihavka’s debut. He deserved it, and the fact that he came out now in a formation with three central defenders – I think he played very well, helped defensively. But, unfortunately, excessive aggression in one’s own penalty area – we talked about it. He is a young guy who wants and goes to fight. Unfortunately, it happened in the penalty area.
We planned to attack more, but the opponent forced us to defend very low. I think in the second half we also played well until the penalty shootout. And I believe that in general this penalty was against France.
Now it is very important to recover and prepare very seriously for the decisive match,” said Rebrov at the post-match press conference.
On Football.ua a video review of the match France — Ukraine is available for viewing.